Originally Posted by
Hilltopper89
With this coming displacement I don't think IAH is a reasonable expectation for a new hire. It's not DEN but it's gonna get worse really soon. There will be Bus FOs who get bumped out by more senior 73 FOs.
HT89,
IMO, I wonder if any Houston Airbus first officers will get a (secondary) pump. With only a total of 45 to 50 FO's getting displaced, over three rounds, I expect the company will stop sending the eight or so new hires a month there and just absorb the additional first officers. The next large narrowbody bid with West Coast Airbus opportunities will likely draw at least 15 first officers out of Houston anyway.
As a junior West Coast commuter into Houston, I wouldn't mind positive space commuting until I can get based at home, I just don't see the company wanting to shell out for a situation that will right itself pretty quickly. Obviously, the captain numbers are quite different